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To: JohnnyZ; Theo
Scientific theories should always be presented as theories rather than fact.

Well, gravity is just a theory. So is quantum mechanics. So most scientific ideas for that matter. Just because an idea is classified as a theory doesn't mean that the idea is completely speculative. Do you believe that gravity shouldn't be taught as a fact?
48 posted on 02/27/2004 1:41:10 PM PST by Stone Mountain
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To: Stone Mountain
Well, gravity is just a theory. So is quantum mechanics. So most scientific ideas for that matter. Just because an idea is classified as a theory doesn't mean that the idea is completely speculative.

Who said a theory is completely speculative?

Do you believe that gravity shouldn't be taught as a fact?

The theory of gravity, as I pointed out in an earlier post, is an excellent example of why theories should be taught as theories, considering that Newton's theory has given way to Eistein's theory. Sometimes -- quite often -- theories are wrong, at least in some respects.

53 posted on 02/27/2004 1:48:27 PM PST by JohnnyZ (People don't just bump into each other and have sex. This isn't Cinemax! -- Jerry)
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